# How did the Tea Party do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-tea-party-do/559321>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 3, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-tea-party-do/559321 "2010-11-03T13:13:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-tea-party-do/559321/61 "2010-12-20T14:48:49Z")

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That’s kind of a big caveat. I mean, I agree with you to the extent that one candidate is competent and the other is _more_ competent - but in O’Donnell’s case, she was totally batshit insane.

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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-tea-party-do/559321/62 "2010-12-20T14:52:40Z")

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What harm might her “insanity” cause as one out a hundred senators?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-tea-party-do/559321/63 "2010-12-20T15:44:55Z")

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Is that a [serious question](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy)?

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